About this Event
Join us at Burdock Book Collective for an evening conversation between Mary Annaise Heglar and Tania De'Shawn as they discuss Heglar's new novel, Troubled Waters.
Mary Annaïse Heglar is known for her essays that dissect and interrogate the climate crisis, drawing heavily on her personal experience as a Black woman with deep roots in the South. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, The Nation, The Boston Globe, Vox, Rolling Stone, and other outlets. Her work has also been featured in collections like , , , , and . She is the author of the children’s book, (Random House Kids, 2024), and the novel, (Harper Muse, 2024).
Mary has been obsessed with the art of storytelling as long as she can remember. She began writing about the climate crisis in 2018 as a way to process her own climate grief. From there, she expanded into other modes of storytelling, including podcasting, teaching, and public speaking. She is based in New Orleans, but her heart is in Mississippi and her soul is in Birmingham.
About Troubled Waters:
In this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to be family, Black women, and alive in a world on fire.
The world is burning—and Corrine will do anything to put out the flames. After her brother died aboard an oil boat on the Mississippi River in 2013, Corrine awakened to the realities of climate change and its perpetrators. Now, a year later, she finds herself trapped in a lonely cycle of mourning both her brother and the very planet she stands on. She’s convinced that in order to save her future, she has to make sure that her brother’s life meant something. But in the act of honoring her brother’s spirit, she resurrects family ghosts she knows little about—ghosts her grandmother Cora knows intimately.
This event is free and open to the public. Burdock Book Collective is located in the Quaker Meeting House and parking is available in the backyard or on side streets. The bookstore is accessible from the front porch and a wheel chair ramp can be accessed from the backyard.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Burdock Book Collective, 4413 5th Avenue South, Birmingham, United States
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